{"id":319976,"date":"2024-10-08T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=319976"},"modified":"2024-12-19T01:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T07:39:12","slug":"newborn-twins-youngest-hurricane-helene-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/newborn-twins-youngest-hurricane-helene-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Newborn twins considered youngest Hurricane Helene victims, dying with their mom as she held them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hurricane Helene brought tragedy to Thomson, Georgia, 120 miles east of Atlanta, on Monday, September 30. The storm claimed many lives, including those of Kobe Williams and her newborn twin sons, Khyzier and Khazmir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams, a single mother, had informed her family she wasn\u2019t sure it would be safe to evacuate with her newborn nursing infants. On the day of the storm, 27-year-old Williams called her father, Obie Williams, as fierce winds and rain pounded their trailer home. With the sound of crying babies and branches hitting the windows in the background, she promised to shelter in the bathroom until the storm passed. Minutes later, she stopped responding to calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNobody was taking the storm seriously,\u201d <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> Williams’ mother, Mary Jones, who was in the house when her daughter and grandbabies were killed. \u201cThen it started, and the wind was so loud. When the lights went off, Kobe got really scared. She was worried about the babies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When Jones was awakened by the sounds of the storm, she went to check on her family and saw that a huge tree had crashed through the roof.\u00a0 \u201cI started screaming, \u2018Kobe! Answer me! Please answer me!\u2019 It was so dark, and I couldn\u2019t see anything except branches.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At the sound of the grandmother\u2019s cries, neighbors came running, but even with flashlights, they couldn’t find Williams and her twins. When police arrived, they found Khyzier and Khazmir with their mother. Jones said, \u201cI asked, are they alive? And one officer said, \u2018It\u2019s bad, don\u2019t go in there,’ and I just lost it. I lost it.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Williams was reportedly holding the babies in her arms, trying to protect them, when the tree fell on her.<\/span><\/p>\n